On behalf of Pam Aldrich, her daughter Susie, granddaughter Lizzie, and the rest of their family, I would like to sincerely thank everyone from the Centre, and the Morgan Sports Car Club who supported them at Mike Aldrich’s funeral. Your cards, flowers, and expressions of sympathy were very important to them. In particular, the owners in the Morgan Sports Cars that followed the hearse were a great comfort and the family would like to thank you all very much indeed. On behalf of the Centre, I would like to say it was an honour and a privilege to pay our

  It is with deep sadness that I report the passing of our Centre Treasurer, Mike Aldrich. Over the Christmas period he had had to go into hospital for a major operation. Whilst this was a success, Mike had undergone many procedures in recent years and this last one, sadly, took a great deal out of him. Early last December, Mike had been determined to go to the wonderful Richard Thorne’s Christmas Party where Richard celebrated his 35 years as a Morgan dealer. Helen and Richard Thorne along with their family were very pleased to see Mike there. It was

). We have it on good authority that Richard has positioned it with pride of place on his desk, so you can see it there also. On behalf of the Centre, I would like to congratulate Richard on his 35th Anniversary; I hope we will have many years of association ahead of us. The presentation we made to Richard was handmade by our very own David Cleveland. What David put together is very special, he did us all proud. So, also on behalf of the Centre, I would like to thank him very much indeed. I know Richard was

At our November Noggin at the Bird-In-Hand, John Buckmaster outlined his planned Centre trip next year to the D Day landings on the Normandy beaches. John is deciding whether to hold the trip in late June or possibly in September next year. The trip, however, will most likely be over a long weekend and should take in all the main beaches and centres of interest. Please have a chat with John at noggins to lodge your interest. It is hoped that everyone can fit into the same hotel(s) in the same vicinity. It should be a great trip – many

  During the early autumn noggins at the Bird In Hand, Quentin and Judy Mitchell said goodbye to us all as they went off for their new life in Hopmog land. They are moving to be closer to their son who lives in Kent. These were sad occasions as Quentin and Judy have been members of the Centre for a long time. They have supported many of our events over the years and have been wonderful company being good friends to many people in the Centre. I first met their daughter Debbie at Ian Sollen’s excellent charity event at Brooklands

At the time of writing I had just completed the third Thames Tour as the wingman for Tim Jones which was quite an honour as you can imagine. Tim piloted us well round Windsor mixing it with what I believe was a recent Plus 4 Super-Sports. I got a photo and we did wave at each other. If the owner is reading this report, however, then please let us know if I identified you correctly. We ventured forth to the Windsor Castle Classic Car show, went on for nice lunch, followed by a visit to SGT. I don’t want to